Top Ranked fantasy films from our internet film survey. As you can tell, many of these cross at least two genres, as Wizard of Oz was also the #1 ranked musical, but who could argue that it's major appeal is its creation of a unique and popular fantasy world, one where everyone serves "the great and powerful wizard of oz", who is really an American huckster using illusion and intimidation to control others - some things never change!© 2009, William L. Sinclair
1. Wizard of Oz, The [Fleming, Victor, 1939, US] #18 -Musical
2. Metropolis [Lang, Fritz, 1927, Germany] #23 -SciFi [photo top]
3. Raiders of the Lost Ark [Spielberg, Steven, 1981, US] #34 -Adventure [rt]
4. 8½ [Fellini, Federico, 1963, Italy] #37 -Drama5. Sunrise [Murnau, F. W. , 1928, US] #38 -Romance
6. King Kong [Cooper, Merian C. /Ernest B. Schoedsack, 1933, US] #40 -Horror
7. Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens [Murnau, F. W., 1922, Germany] #48 -Horror
8. Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, The [Jackson, Peter, 2001, US-New Zealand] #84 -War/Adventure
9. Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, The [Jackson, Peter, 2003, US-New Zealand] #97 -War/Adventure
10. Shining, The [Kubrick, Stanley, 1980, US] #109 -Horror
11. Celine and Julie Go Boating [Rivette, Jacques, 1974, France] #141 -Mystery
12. Exorcist, The [Friedkin, William, 1973, US] #143 -Horror
13. Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, The [Jackson, Peter, 2002, US-New Zealand] #144 -War/Adventure
14. Pan's Labyrinth [del Toro, Guillermo, 2006, Mexico] #154 -Drama
15. Donnie Darko [Kelly, Richard, 2001, US] #228 -Drama
16. La Belle et la bête (Beauty/Beast) [Cocteau, Jean, 1946, France] #242 -Romance
17. Wings of Desire [Wenders, Wim, 1987, France-W. Germany] #247 -Romance
18. Un Chien Andalou [Buñuel, Luis, 1928, France] #256 -Art
19. Spirited Away [Miyazaki, Hayao, 2001, Japan] #259 -Adventure
20. Les Vampires [Feuillade, Louis , 1916, France] #266 -Horror
21. Matter of Life and Death, A [Powell, Michael/Emeric Pressburger, 1946, UK] #280 -Romance
22. Vampyr [Dreyer, Carl Theodor, 1932, France-Germany] #316 -Horror
23. Night of the Living Dead [Romero, George A., 1968, US] #331 -Horror
24. Voyage dans la lune, Le (Trip to the Moon) [Méliès, Georges, 1902, France] #335 -SciFi
25. Suspiria [Argento, Dario, 1977, Italy] #351 -Horror
26. Orpheus [Cocteau, Jean, 1950, France] #364 -Romance
27. Princess Bride, The [Reiner, Rob, 1987, US] #381 -Comedy
28. Eyes Without a Face [Franju, Georges, 1959, France-Italy] #400 -Horror
29. Thief of Bagdad, The [Powell, Michael, Berger, & Whelan, 1940, UK] #434 -Adventure
30. Miracle in Milan [De Sica, Vittorio, 1951, Italy] #475 -Drama
31. Meshes of the Afternoon [Deren, Maya, 1943, US] #476 -Short
32. Prestige, The [Nolan, Christopher, 2006, US] #486 -Mystery
33. Batman Begins [Nolan, Christopher, 2005, Algeria-Italy] #517 -Adventure
34. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade [Spielberg, Steven, 1989, US] #519 -Adventure
35. Carrie [De Palma, Brian, 1976, US] #521 -Horror
36. If… [Anderson, Lindsay, 1968, UK] #534 -Drama
37. Mononoke-hime (anime) [Miyazaki, Hayao, 1997, UK] #554 -Adventure
38. Dawn of the Dead [Romero, George A. , 1978, US] #555 -Horror
39. Superman II [Lester, Richard, 1980, US] #556 -Adventure
40. Faust [Murnau, F. W., 1926, Germany] #585 -Horror
41. My Neighbour Totoro [Miyazaki, Hayao, 1988, Japan] #591 -Childrens
42. Eraserhead [Lynch, David, 1977, US] #601 -Horror
43. Werckmeister Harmonies [Tarr, Bela & Hranitzky, Agnes, 2000, Hun-Ity-Gy-France] #613 -Society
44. Fast Runner, The [Kunuk, Zacharias, 2001, Canada] #621 -Drama
45. Dead Man [Jarmusch, Jim, 1995, US-Germany] #637 -Western
46. Evil Dead II [Raimi, Sam, 1987, US] #640 -Horror
47. India Song [Duras, Marguerite, 1975, France] #642 -Romance
48. I Walked with a Zombie [Tourneur, Jacques, 1943, US] #686 -Horror
49. Blood of a Poet, The [Cocteau, Jean, 1930, France] #693 -Drama
50. Videodrome [Cronenberg, David, 1983, Canada] #706 -Horror
51. Innocents, The [Clayton, Jack, 1961, UK] #743 -Horror
52. Time of the Gypsies [Kusturica, Emir, 1988, Yugoslavia] #769 -Crime
53. Big Fish [Burton, Tim, 2003, US] #772 -Comedy
54. Arabian Nights [Pasolini, Pier Paolo, 1974, France-Italy] #866 -Comedy
55. Phantom Carriage, The [Sjöström, Victor, 1921, Sweden] #875 -Horror
56. Orlando [Potter, Sally, 1992, UK-Russ-Fr-Ity-Neth] #910 -Adventure
57. Peter Ibbetson [Hathaway, Henry, 1935, US] #916 -Romance
58. Yeelen [Cissé, Souleymane, 1987, Mali] #944 -Adventure
59. Die Nibelungen [Lang, Fritz, 1924, Germany] #1014 -Adventure
60. Destiny (Between Two Worlds, US) [Lang, Fritz, 1921, US] #1040 -Romance
61. Host, The [Bong, Joon-ho, 2006, Korea] #1046 -Com
62. Tales of Hoffmann, The [Powell, Michael/Emeric Pressburger, 1951, UK] #1058 -Musical
63. Hour of the Wolf [Bergman, Ingmar, 1968, Sweden] #1076 -Horror
64. Dracula [Fisher, Terence, 1958, US] #1109 -Horror
65. Lost Highway [Lynch, David, 1997, US] #1117 -Mystery
66. Kwaidan [Kobayashi, Masaki, 1964, Japan] #1156 -Horror
67. Excalibur [Boorman, John, 1981, UK] #1159 -Adventure
68. Lucifer Rising [Anger, Kenneth, 1972, US] #1166 -Short
69. The Thief of Bagdad [Walsh, Raoul, 1924, US] #1173 -Adventure
70. Kingdom (Riget) [von Trier, Lars, 1994, Den-Fr-Gy-Sweden] #1196 -Horror
71. Heaven Can Wait [Lubitsch, Ernst, 1943, US] #1214 -Comedy
72. Lost Horizon [Capra, Frank, 1937, US] #1232 -Adventure
To These I Would Add
The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T [Rowland, Roy, 1952] - wonderful kids fantasy of an evil piano teacher, co-written by Dr. Seuss
Defending Your Life [Brooks, Albert, 1991] - afterlife fantasy of Brooks', where he meets Meryl Streep, while on trial for a 'final judgment' with shoddy defense lawyer Rip Torn - hilarious!
